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How to make an impact with voter canvassing

August 27, 2024 Candidates & Ballots

Aug, 27, 2024 Don't expect much to result from leaving a flyer at the door about the importance of voting. According to those speaking Tuesday, the way you rouse neighbors to vote is to send other neighbors to talk one-on-one. Make at least three in-person contacts with each voter, in addition ... Continue Reading →

Elections Director on preparations for November’s election

May 7, 2024 Candidates & Ballots

May 7, 2024; updated May 8 Michael Dickerson paces the floor as he talks, the way a brand-new public servant might. But he’s been Mecklenburg’s Elections Director since 1998. Take it as a sign that he never finishes fretting the details. It was a week before a second primary involving just two ... Continue Reading →

2024 March 5 Primary

March 5, 2024 Candidates & Ballots

– Page last updated March 18, 2024 based on Elections Board revisions of March 8 and March 15 The State Board of Elections reports unofficial election results in real time on Election Night for Mecklenburg voters here. This page carries vote counts only in Mecklenburg. That means that a top ... Continue Reading →

County Board D3 & D2: Challengers make their case

February 13, 2024 Candidates & Ballots

Feb. 13, 2024 Two newcomers, Felicia Thompkins and Charles Osborne, are offering County Commissioner District 2 and District 3 voters an alternative in the March 5 Democratic primary. Serving those district today are longterm incumbents Vilma Leake in District 2 and George Dunlap in District 3. ... Continue Reading →

Incumbents highlight county’s multiple challenges

February 6, 2024 Candidates & Ballots

Feb. 6, 2024 Maybe this year’s election will be a turning point for Mecklenburg County. Listen carefully to Tuesday’s conversation with all five Democratic candidates for three at-large seats on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. Two of the three incumbents have not served long ... Continue Reading →

Priorities, principles, preparation: 4 legislative candidates

January 30, 2024 Candidates & Ballots

Jan. 30, 2024 Three districts. Two houses of the legislature. Several generations. Two political parties. Mostly newbies in partisan politics, but a vast range of experiences. Tuesday's presentation captured only a fraction of the breadth of options available to Mecklenburg voters on March ... Continue Reading →

Democrats vie to challenge Tricia Cotham’s hold on NC House seat

January 23, 2024 Candidates & Ballots

Jan. 23, 2024 Two would-be Mecklenburg representatives to the N.C. General Assembly told Forum participants this morning about some of their background and their precinct-level involvement in the Democratic Party. They were asked about working with the Republican majority that regularly will not ... Continue Reading →

Working with the elephants in the room

January 16, 2024 Candidates & Ballots

Jan. 16, 2024 With an N.C. Senate District 41 primary contest seven weeks away, four Mecklenburg Democrats gathered this morning to talk about their backgrounds, their platforms – and the elephant in the room. All Democratic legislative candidates this year face the same issue: Until they regain ... Continue Reading →

2024 March 5 Primary Election

December 17, 2023 Candidates & Ballots

Below is a table showing candidates who filed for Mecklenburg offices by the Dec. 15, 2023 deadline. The March 5, 2024 primary will include only those who face opposition within their own party. Those names are highlighted below in bold type. There are no contested races for Mecklenburg judge seats, ... Continue Reading →

Election 2023

November 7, 2023 Candidates & Ballots

195 of 195 precincts reporting; Nov. 7, 2023 Release of Mecklenburg vote totals will occur in real time at the NC Board of Elections website here after polls close at 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. This page will not report write-ins. It is used chiefly to add election results to the Forum’s archive on ... Continue Reading →

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